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<h2>World Health Organization TB data</h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>A subset of data from the World Health Organization Global Tuberculosis
Report, and accompanying global populations.
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>
who

population
</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p><code>who</code>: a data frame with 7,240 rows and the columns:
</p>

<dl>
<dt>country</dt><dd><p>Country name</p>
</dd>
<dt>iso2, iso3</dt><dd><p>2 &amp; 3 letter ISO country codes</p>
</dd>
<dt>year</dt><dd><p>Year</p>
</dd>
<dt>new_sp_m014 - new_rel_f65</dt><dd><p>Counts of new TB cases recorded by group.
Column names encode three variables that describe the group (see details).</p>
</dd>
</dl>

<p><code>population</code>: a data frame with 4,060 rows and three columns:
</p>

<dl>
<dt>country</dt><dd><p>Country name</p>
</dd>
<dt>year</dt><dd><p>Year</p>
</dd>
<dt>population</dt><dd><p>Population</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Details</h3>

<p>The data uses the original codes given by the World Health
Organization. The column names for columns five through 60 are made by
combining <code>new_</code> to a code for method of diagnosis (<code>rel</code> =
relapse, <code>sn</code> = negative pulmonary smear, <code>sp</code> = positive
pulmonary smear, <code>ep</code> = extrapulmonary) to a code for gender
(<code>f</code> = female, <code>m</code> = male) to a code for age group (<code>014</code> =
0-14 yrs of age, <code>1524</code> = 15-24 years of age, <code>2534</code> = 25 to
34 years of age, <code>3544</code> = 35 to 44 years of age, <code>4554</code> = 45 to
54 years of age, <code>5564</code> = 55 to 64 years of age, <code>65</code> = 65 years
of age or older).
</p>


<h3>Source</h3>

<p><a href="https://www.who.int/tb/country/data/download/en/">https://www.who.int/tb/country/data/download/en/</a>
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